Unit Manager Psychiatric (Re-advertised) – RH Rand at Africa Health Care

Description

• An employment opportunity is available for a Unit Manager, reporting to the Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring and monitoring quality nursing care coordinating the multidisciplinary team in the hospital.

Critical Outputs

• Evaluate and monitor nursing quality indicators and clinical outcomes.
• Provide cost effective quality patient care in line with clinical governance.
• Ensure the principles of infection prevention and all international standards precautions are adhered to.
• Implement quality initiatives. Communicate effectively with patients regarding their care.
• Function as clinical expert in achieving patient outcomes.
• Ensure competence of staff and students, determine and drive criteria for effective professional socialization, create an environment conducive to learning and provide feedback to relevant stakeholders.
• Promote customer satisfaction within unit, address customer complaints, conduct quality care rounds and clinical practice audits to monitor care levels and report accordingly.
• Identify clinical and safety risks and trends in all of the above, implement corrective action where necessary and monitor on an ongoing basis.
• Initiate and drive unit specific best operating practice, communicate these for wider implementation and participate in hospital specific marketing initiatives.
• Ensure staff are trained on the operation of equipment within unit and together with relevant stakeholders ensure equipment is in working order to provide a safe patient environment.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with doctors by agreeing on a professional code of conduct, driving and monitoring effective communication regarding positive patient outcomes.

Requirements

• A relevant nursing qualification (B Cur Degree/ or relevant management qualification)
• Diploma in speciality. Experience in a Private Psychiatric facility.
• Five years’ experience working as a Registered Nurse in private healthcare.
• Successful candidate must have own transport and be available to be on stand-by and respond to call outs.
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a Registered Nurse
• 2 – 8 years’ experience as Unit Manager
• Computer proficient

Competencies

• Collaboration/ Relationship Building
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Customer responsiveness
• Excellence and quality orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Adaptability
• Attention to detail
• Decision making